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- C
- In a game of cricket this refers to high scores based on the number of darts scored. For example a triple-20, single-20, single-20 would be called a C-5 because "5 darts" were scored with three darts.
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- Carpentry darts
- Darts thrown such that they miss the board entirely and hit a wooden frame which is holding the board to the wall. (See also: masonry darts)
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- Champagne breakfast
- Hitting triple 20, triple 1 and triple 5 in three darts. (See also breakfast)
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- Chips (or fish and chips)
- A score of 26. (See also: breakfast)
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- Chucker
- A player who just "chucks" the darts at the board, doesn't aim or care.
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- Circle it
- When a player scores a single digit (less than 10) with three darts, his team-mates would shout out "Circle it!" to the scorekeeper to highlight the terrible throw. A variation on this tradition is to draw a fish around the score, often leading to aquarium-related jokes being aimed at particularly poor or unlucky players. (See also: fish)
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- Clock
- The dartboard itself, usually in the context of round the clock.
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- Cork
- The center of the board. This comes from the cork in the end of a keg where it is tapped. The ends of kegs were used for targets in the game's early days.
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- Cover
- Aiming for an alternate treble, usually 19, when a previously thrown dart is blocking the treble 20.
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- Cricket
- Two distinct game variations. The American game is known by many different names, such as "Mickey Mouse", outside North America, where cricket refers to a different game, which is often called "Australian Cricket".
Read more about this topic: Glossary Of Darts